Courtney I. Williams Email & Phone Number

New Orleans, LA, US

Baltimore, MD, US

The Johns Hopkins Leadership Fellows program is designed to provide a small, prestigious group of Johns Hopkins alumni and friends with the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of and engagement with the institution. Nominated by Johns Hopkins deans and top administrators, the Leadership Fellows participate in a specialized two-year curriculum that.

New Orleans, Louisiana, US

The New Orleans Startup Fund is a non-profit 501(c)(3) evergreen seed fund established by business and financial leaders in the Greater New Orleans area, and originally incubated by Greater New Orleans, Inc., to accelerate the growth of early-stage, innovative businesses into venture-ready companies. The Startup Fund’s mission is to create jobs and.

New Orleans, LA, US

Torsh Inc. is a New Orleans based education technology company Our mission is to drive significant gains in student success by improving instructional effectiveness. We do this by harnessing the power of video, actionable data and expert coaching to promote high quality growth opportunities for educators, accessible at anytime and from anywhere.

YouthForce NOLA is an education, business, and civic collaborative that prepares New Orleans public school students for successful pursuit of high-wage, high-demand career pathways. YouthForce NOLA offers expanded coursework offerings, career exposure and experiences, soft skills training and application opportunities, and employer-validated credentials.

The National Advisory Council brings together Johns Hopkins University Trustees, alumni, local and national education leaders, business and public sector innovators, and Baltimore community members who have each demonstrated their commitment to improving PK-12 public education and teacher preparation. National Advisory Council members serve as a critical.

Skillz Academy is a talent sourcing, upskilling, placement and retention support company in the $375B “JobTech” sector. Our mission is to transform today's workforce by delivering talent that is skilled, diverse, and ready to work. Our goal is to create a pipeline of talent for our customers that is highly diverse in terms of race, ethnicity, class and.

The Times-Picayune Editorial Advisory Board is a select group of New Orleans area thought leaders who gather to exchange ideas and share viewpoints that will help to shape the editorials and guide the news coverage of NOLA.com and The Times-Picayune.

San Francisco, CA, US

• Adility is a startup that helps local SMBs to advertise their products and services by aggregating daily deals and coupons and distributing them across Adility’s network of online and mobile publishers (e.g., AOL, CBS.
• P&L responsibility for all revenue generating activities of the company including sales, sales support, business affairs and business development; develop go to market strategy as well as presentation materials for.
• Responsible for building and developing the company’s publisher operations (account management, customer service, project management, merchandising, editorial) which includes developing and implementing operational.
• Increased company’s access to SMB’s by negotiating long term strategic alliance between company and third party independent sales organization to provide company with local sales teams across the country
• Hired, trained and manage a 3 person team focused on sales and operations
• Tripled company’s publisher network in the last 5 months and added marquee publisher brands (e.g., AOL, CBS, Radio One, Hachette)

London, GB

• Leading provider of digital content targeted to African Americans with over 6MM unique visitors and 350MM page views per month
• In conjunction with the President, founded IONE in 2007 and raised startup and operating capital from Radio One, Inc.
• Member of the senior management team responsible for business affairs, business development, corporate development and legal; directly interface with all business units and Radio One management
• Provided effective deal support to all business units through review of all types of commercial transactions (e.g., content, technology, infrastructure, real estate, employment, etc.); assisted or lead the negotiation.
• Facilitated the company’s growth through strategic acquisitions and divestitures which included sourcing and negotiating corporate development deals (i.e., M&A, strategic alliances, divestitures)
• Developed and executed against the company’s strategy as key advisor to the President and CEO

Manager of investment fund investing in media, telecom, and entertainmentInvestment manager tasked with researching, evaluating and making investment decisionsStrategic advisor and consultant to each portfolio companyPortfolio companies include: Webcom USA, Inc., VOIP International Ltd and Dynasty Global Holdings, Inc.

Tampa, FL, US

Board member of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami. Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Impact Circle, BBBS's young professionals group.

New York, NY, US

• In-house consultant to AOL Europe tasked with restructuring sales, business development and product development organizations to scale the e-commerce, content, and advertising revenues of AOL UK, AOL France, AOL.
• Prepared recommendations for overhaul of the product and business development processes of each organization to better utilize inventory, create relevant products and properly allocate human resources
• Created, along with the sales strategy group, category sales strategies for certain key categories
• Created and implemented a content distribution strategy for each organization; negotiated a variety of content relationships across several categories

• Promoted to Vice President in less than 24 months and tasked with building larger deal team
• Hired and managed a team of 13 people across business development, marketing, research, sales strategy, and sales planning
• Chosen to lead one of AOL Time Warner’s first cross brand teams charged with structuring and negotiating strategic alliances which leveraged assets across the company’s different businesses (online, cable, print.
• In Q1 2001 alone, generated over 30MM in cross brand alliances
• Managed existing business development portfolio across financial services, insurance, energy and greetings categories; added management of AOL’s SMB initiatives in the same categories

New York, NY, US

• Responsible for structuring and negotiating strategic e-commerce and advertising agreements for AOL and all of sits subsidiary brands in the financial services, insurance, energy and greetings categories
• Operated as senior advisor to the President of Sales and Ad Operations
• Provided product and sales strategy support to the relaunch of AOL’s Personal Finance channel in 2000
• During first two quarters of 2000, generated more than 350MM in revenue for the AOL Personal Finance channel representing a 75% increase over the previous 12 months
• In 3rd quarter 1999, closed 160MM deal with the largest provider of greeting products in the US, a significant increase over its previous 5MM deal with AOL
• In 4th quarter 1999, closed AOL’s first deal in online energy sector, resulting in 70MM in revenue

New York, NY, US

• Supported AOL’s sales, business development, ad operations and marketing organizations
• Negotiated complex e-commerce transactions across all sales categories including financial services, personal finance, software, entertainment, media, sports, telecom, business services
• As lead attorney negotiated strategic alliances with First USA Bank, E*trade, Ebay, Cyberian Outpost and BMG resulting in more than 700MM in direct revenue to AOL
• Represented AOL’s marketing group in structuring and negotiating marketing and disk distribution agreements with various partners for the acquisition of AOL subscribers
• Created, maintained, and updated AOL’s standard agreements for e-commerce transactions, advertising sales (insertion orders), and partner marketing

New York, US

• Associate, Corporate and Entertainment
• Negotiated various transactions: M&A, securities offerings and filings, and joint ventures
• Assisted clients in the refinancing and sale of several film libraries
• Advised companies on state laws regulating advertising, promotions, and telemarketing issues
• Negotiated and drafted purchase and sale agreements for entertainment and new media clients
• Researched labor and tax issues in the film industry; recovered sound recording royalties

Jd, Law

Ba, Politics, With Honors